Just four in ten of youth workers see themselves in their current job for the next five to ten years. That's despite seven in ten wanting to stay for the long term.New research published by Premier Y...
A poll also reveals that 'active' Christians are more likely to forgive the most 'unforgivable' crimes than the average adult. When 2,042 British adults were asked 'To what extent, if at all, do yo...
Only one in three weddings take place in churches, according to new research. Since the Marriage Act 1994 allowed many buildings to be used for civil ceremonies couples have moved away from tying the...
One third of Christian teenagers don't know how to talk about Jesus according to a recent poll. The ComRes survey of 2000 eleven to 18 year olds in England also found that despite this, 56 per cent o...
A recent survey has suggested just under three quarters of UK Christians believe in the existence of hell while almost two thirds say their church rarely or nev The study, conducted by Christian Rese...
A coroner has recorded an open verdict at the inquest into the death of a baby boy born in the bathroom of a vicarage. Ruth Percival, 30, gave birth to her son, Jonathan, in the downstairs toilet at ...
A spontaneous painter who came to the rescue of an Essex church left in the lurch when a musician fell sick is being hailed a "God send". John Pierce performed at Maldon United Reformed Church with j...
An Orange Walk scheduled to pass a Glasgow church where a priest was attacked during the last parade has been cancelled. Canon Tom White had been speaking to parishioners outside St Alphonsus Churc...
An Orange march which was to pass a church where a Catholic priest was spat on has been re-routed after police warned of potential for significant disorder. The original route for the Apprentice Boys...
Four Orange walks in Glasgow have been rerouted amid concerns over their potential impact. The loyalist marches due to take place on 1st and 2nd June and have been moved away from a stretch of London...
Awareness of the Christian faith in Britain is very low, according to a former BBC producer, responsible for religious programmes, and one time consultant to th "We're in an age now where what's some...
The ordinary person in the street is more trusted than priests, according to new research. A poll by the research organisation, Ipsos MORI, investigating the most trusted job roles has found trust in...
A Christian musician told Premier she is revving up for a full day of biking and performing on Saturday. Elise Crean from Armagh will be playing 12 concerts at all 12 cathedrals in Northern Ireland.S...
An organ player from Wiltshire has been nursing sore shoulder blades after playing more than 540 hymns in one day at the weekend. Chris Totney took more than eight hours to play the entire New Englis...
A church musician from Cardiff has told Premier he feels "on top of the world" having completed his challenge of playing music on every cathedral organ in the c John Richards described the achievemen...
A study by the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich have found there is lack of organists and the art is dying out. Premier spoke to John Henderson, an organist in his twenties who plays at variou...
A 10-year-old orphan facing deportation just months after the death of his mother has been granted leave to remain in the UK after help from the Church of Scotl Giorgi Kakava has been told he will be...
The "human side" of troubled novelist and playwright Oscar Wilde made him "better than Christ", actor Rupert Everett has said during an extraordinary interview. Everett, who was cast as Wilde in the ...
Oscar-winner actor Jeremy Irons has opened up about his faith saying he attends church but also believes in "a lot of Muhammad's teachings". Irons, 67, was speaking in an interview to promote his new...
Some faith groups have expressed concern crematorium chapels across England are "overwhelmingly" decorated with Christian symbols and iconography, as new report The claim is made in a document releas...
